After an in-depth investigation, one of Apple's Japanese subsidiaries paid ¥12 billion ($118 million) in back taxes, according to a report from the Yomiuri Shimbun. Japanese tax authorities ordered the payment after determining the comp…
Lees meerUsually one monster can be a bit problematic for a group of superheroes to handle. Now all of Marvel’s monster (big and small) are banding together to squish Earth’s champions, right when they’re stuck in the middle of Civil War II. Nothing heals th…
Lees meerValarie Gerbus switched carriers after she received a bill from Verizon for $9,153.46. While this is certainly an extreme case, there have been a number of FCC complaints against Verizon this week, after other customers said that their data usage sk…
Lees meerApple added support for third-party apps right in iMessage as part of the iOS 10 release, and thus far the obvious use for this feature has been stickers. Everyone loves slapping stickers in their messaging apps. But, lest we forget, iMessa…
Lees meerThe US House of Representatives' intelligence committee just releasing a statement condemning Edward Snowden and recommending he be extradited to face justice. After two years spent reviewing the 1.5 million documents he stole and interview…
Lees meerMy nightly getting-ready-for-bed ritual takes an excruciating hour or so. (I know, so high-maintenance... ugh!) Most of that is spent blow drying my thick, long hair. So when Dyson promised it could significantly cut my drying time (perhaps…
Lees meerYou’ve landed somewhere brand new, and you’re ready to explore the new city, but you have absolutely no idea where to start. This is where your trusty smartphone comes in. There are loads of cool traveling apps you can use to help you find awesome…
Lees meerLast week, Brock Ray Bunge ran into a field in suburban Los Angeles with a rifle. He was being pursued by the LA Sheriff’s Department for allegedly attempting to kill one person and robbing two others. You might expect a story like this to end in a …
Lees meerAmazon’s currently running a buy one, get one 50% off promotion on dozens of Black & Decker lawn tools today, but it’s actually buy one, get as many as you want 50% off.Read more...
Lees meerLook up—but make sure you do it quickly. The world’s fastest rocket, United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V, is launching into space this afternoon, and you can watch it happen at 2:30pm EDT.Read more...
Lees meerWe are less than eight weeks away from Election Day, and Donald Trump, one of the two major-party presidential candidates, is refusing to release his tax returns. This is very frustrating and embarrassing for the press, which believes that a candida…
Lees meerBy removing the headphone jack, Apple made the iPhone 7 the most closed computer it has ever built. Steve Jobs always seemed interested in hiding the gross underbelly of computers away from consumers, and Apple has been moving in that direc…
Lees meerBack in June, Intel mobile exec Navin Shenoy told Engadget that despite cancelling its mobile-focused SoFIA chip, the company is "not done experimenting and looking for opportunities to do something different" and some evidence of that is n…
Lees meerLast week, on September 8th, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department successfully used a remote-controlled bomb squad robot to snatch a rifle out from under an armed and violent suspect. The standoff between the suspect and an armored S…
Lees meerMy mother does not want to know how much my brother spent on his future-proof TV last year. She saw the shiny speakers built into the sides, and the gorgeous picture, and she listened to him extol the virtues of being prepared for HDR and 4K and UHD…
Lees meerNASA fits foam plugs inside of booster rockets to protect the innards ahead of ignition. And boy, they sure do put on a show, when they’re blown out with 9.2 million pounds of thrust. Read more...
Lees meerIf you’re secretly harboring a Mad Max fetish, there’s yet another reason to spend a few days in the middle of the desert at Burning Man. Usually it’s hard for most of us to see the appeal of the festival, until you realize it includes the opportuni…
Lees meerEarlier this month, a three-crew submarine dove to Cook seamount, a 13,000-foot-tall extinct volcano off the coast of Hawaii that had never been visited by humans. They discovered dazzling geologic features and a rich array of marine life—including …
Lees meerThe biggest gaming show outside of the US, the Tokyo Game Show has a different atmosphere that;s all its own. While it's contracted and shrunk over the last few years, the heat and interest in virtual reality has reinvigorated the show -- d…
Lees meerOnce upon a time, video games like Pac-Man and Donkey Kong were the absolute height of entertainment technology, imperfect pixels packed into six-foot-tall cabinets in arcades and pizza shops around the world. Now, those same games run on a…
Lees meerRaw fish is an art form, and unlike those novellas that sent me to the ER, it’s meant to be eaten. But listen closely as terrible the video’s terrible foley ruins any appetite you were about to work up.Read more...
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